I remember when a coke was only 5¢

Steven Carl Kelly · 07-29-2010, 08:15 PM

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Originally Posted by MissTerraK

Seriously though, it could be good old Michigan! They're up to $2 for a 20 ouncer around here in vending machines!

Ouch! I hate paying $1.00 a bottle. $2.00 would make me downright livid.

MissTerraK · 07-29-2010, 08:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Steven Carl Kelly

Ouch! I hate paying $1.00 a bottle. $2.00 would make me downright livid.

You know it!

But what makes me livid is having to pay the same $2.00 for a bottle of water in the same machine with no bottle return to boot!

Terra

Steven Carl Kelly · 07-29-2010, 08:28 PM

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Originally Posted by MissTerraK

But what makes me livid is having to pay the same $2.00 for a bottle of water in the same machine with no bottle return to boot!

We don't have returnable bottles around here at all, so no issue there. We had them when I was a kid, I'd ride my bike along the road looking for them, picking them up and getting myself 5 cents each.

Kurt · 07-29-2010, 08:31 PM

How much were a pair of KEDS?

KimW · 07-29-2010, 08:33 PM

That reminds me. Bread a dime a loaf. Bananas 10 cents a pound. Milk 89 cents a gallon.

MissTerraK · 07-29-2010, 08:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Steven Carl Kelly

We don't have returnable bottles around here at all, so no issue there. We had them when I was a kid, I'd ride my bike along the road looking for them, picking them up and getting myself 5 cents each.

You're fortunate! I hate taking bottles back! Right now out in the garage I have five industrial sized garbage bags full and number six is in progress.

At a dime a piece, I figure they're kind of like a piggy bank and if I should ever become desperate, I have a stash!

Terra

MissTerraK · 07-29-2010, 08:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Kurt

How much were a pair of KEDS?

Hmmm,

I don't remember, I wore Buster Browns and my grandmother's best friend owned a shoe store so we got them for free!

Terra

Steven Carl Kelly · 07-29-2010, 08:43 PM

Don't know about Keds. My mom always bought me generic canvas sneakers from a store called J. M. Fields.

mattlaclear · 07-29-2010, 08:47 PM

I want to thank all the old timers posting here on the thread who have made me realize that being 40 isn't all that old after all. For that I am extremely grateful. Not the fact that I'm much younger than all of you but...wait a sec, it is because I'm so much younger than all of you!

KimW · 07-29-2010, 08:48 PM

DIdn't get my shoes for free but my uncle was a plant manager at a Rawlings factory and every summer we got Rawlings gloves, baseballs, bases, bats,etc etc for free.
My older brother and I were popular in the summer.
Played with the other kids you used garbage can lids and other things for bases, you played with us you used the real stuff.

KimW · 07-29-2010, 08:50 PM

How ironic Matt. a friend posted on facebook tonight how she wish she could hurry up and be 50 and start over again.
I told her I wish I could be 40 again.

yukon · 07-29-2010, 08:55 PM

In the 80's I could fill a chevy chevette gas tank full for $10 & 30-MPG.

Bill Farnham · 07-29-2010, 08:57 PM

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Originally Posted by KimW

How ironic Matt. a friend posted on facebook tonight how she wish she could hurry up and be 50 and start over again.
I told her I wish I could be 40 again.

My dad was sitting at a table (true story) with a few of his golfing friends way back when and the oldest guy, who lived to be 103 and was about 100 at the time, looked over at the waitress who was around 65 or better and said" Boy, just looking at her makes me wish I was 85 again".

I knew that old man when I was young and always liked him. Even got to play golf with him once.

~Bill

mattlaclear · 07-29-2010, 09:02 PM

"Old is as old does" as Forest Gump's momma used to say. Wait that was "stupid is as stupid does." But you get my point. One of my old neighbors used to tell me that you are "only as old as the one you're feeling". Since he had a much younger wife I took him at his word.

Lawrh · 07-29-2010, 09:50 PM

I frequently feel like a twenty year old, too bad there is seldom one around. Groucho

KenThompson · 07-29-2010, 09:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Steven Carl Kelly

Coke was 5 cents from 1886 until 1959. Five cents in 1886 is equivalent to $1 today.

But it was worth it. Back then cokes were real energy drinks. But I
think they eliminated the best ingredient way before 1959. I think.

Ken

TimPhelan · 07-29-2010, 10:10 PM

It is interesting how when you get older your attraction changes along with your age. When I was in my 20s a woman in her forties looked old. Now, for me, a good looking woman in her forties can be soooo sexy. In fact some women in their 50s can be sexier than many 20 year olds.

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Originally Posted by Bill Farnham

My dad was sitting at a table (true story) with a few of his golfing friends way back when and the oldest guy, who lived to be 103 and was about 100 at the time, looked over at the waitress who was around 65 or better and said" Boy, just looking at her makes me wish I was 85 again".

mattlaclear · 07-29-2010, 10:20 PM

I know last fall when I dropped my son off at campus one day I was amazed at how many little girls were walking around the place. When I went there a couple decades ago the campus was absolutely crawling with women. I'm not sure where the women went but I saw a few of the other parents who certainly fit the bill.

Bill Farnham · 07-29-2010, 10:31 PM

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Originally Posted by TimPhelan

It is interesting how when you get older your attraction changes along with your age. When I was in my 20s a woman in her forties looked old. Now, for me, a good looking woman in her forties can be soooo sexy. In fact some women in their 50s can be sexier than many 20 year olds.

Tim, I agree with the above.

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When I was in my 20s a woman in her forties looked old.

Now that I'm 58 a woman who is 116 really looks old.

~Bill

TimPhelan · 07-29-2010, 10:46 PM

LOL.

So how does a woman who is 80 look? Like a cougar?

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Originally Posted by Bill Farnham

Now that I'm 58 a woman who is 116 really looks old.

~Bill

Bill Farnham · 07-29-2010, 10:52 PM

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Originally Posted by TimPhelan

LOL.

So how does a woman who is 80 look? Like a cougar?

That's too funny.

But, Cloris Leachman is looking better as time goes by...

~Bill

mattlaclear · 07-29-2010, 10:55 PM

I think Betty White before Cloris Leachman. But that's just me.

garyv · 07-29-2010, 10:56 PM

I just bought my son a meal from Arby's. It was almost $9.

TimPhelan · 07-29-2010, 11:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Bill Farnham

That's too funny.

But, Cloris Leachman is looking better as time goes by...

~Bill

You must have seen this seen photo:

JDArchitecture · 07-29-2010, 11:20 PM

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Originally Posted by scubasteve-cr

Yah, yah yah. You guys talk about how stuff was cheaper back then, but what were average wages back then?

With the exception of technology, wages haven't come close to keeping up with inflation.

Kurt · 07-29-2010, 11:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Bill Farnham

That's too funny.

But, Cloris Leachman is looking better as time goes by...

~Bill

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Originally Posted by mattlaclear

I think Betty White before Cloris Leachman. But that's just me.

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Originally Posted by TimPhelan

You must have seen this seen photo:

It depends...If I'm stranded on a deserted isle, I'll take Ginger and/or Mary Ann.

However, as I get older I'm starting to appreciate Mrs. Howell's assets a lot more.

YouTube - Mrs. Howell iz a freak shawty

Bill Farnham · 07-29-2010, 11:28 PM

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Originally Posted by mattlaclear

I think Betty White before Cloris Leachman. But that's just me.

Yea Matt, but if I had said that it may have been taken as believable.

~Bill

HeySal · 07-30-2010, 01:14 AM

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Originally Posted by TimPhelan

LOL.

So how does a woman who is 80 look? Like a cougar?

You have dreams about N. Reagan then ask THIS question? LMAO.

I don't remember keds - but I remember in 10th grade my jeans were costing about 12 bucks a pair and my mom went to Chicago and dropped $1000 on clothes for me to keep me from dressing like a "poor little waif". They hated jeans on women back then.

In Paris at 18 I picked up a pair of awesome platform stellitos (how the heck do you spell that?) for 60 francs = 5 bucks.

Then in my early 20's I had a pair of Gloria Vanderbelts that cost me $43 bucks and my hair was $60 per perm and cut.

I'm thinking Keds were probably 4 or 5 bucks a pair, Kurt.

Kurt · 07-30-2010, 01:18 AM

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Originally Posted by HeySal

I'm thinking Keds were probably 4 or 5 bucks a pair, Kurt.

Was it keds or PF Flyers that came with the secret prize?

After keds and PF Flyers, it was Jack Purcel's then Converse All-Stars...And Levi 501's, the best pants ever made.

TimPhelan · 07-30-2010, 02:03 AM

That was a dream, as in singular. If it becomes a recurring dream I may have to see Dr Phil.

By the way, Mrs Howell was hot. I don't know why they never showed her in a bikini. Maybe it was because she was stereotyped as a millionaires wife.

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Originally Posted by HeySal

You have dreams about N. Reagan then ask THIS question? LMAO.

MissTerraK · 07-30-2010, 08:20 AM

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Originally Posted by TimPhelan

That was a dream, as in singular. If it becomes a recurring dream I may have to see Dr Phil.

By the way, Mrs Howell was hot. I don't know why they never showed her in a bikini. Maybe it was because she was stereotyped as a millionaires wife.

I don't know Tim, maybe it was the decade!

I'm not married to a millionaire but I still wear a bikini, and that wouldn't change if I was a millionaire's wife! The only difference would be that I'd have one for every day of the month!

Terra

seasoned · 07-30-2010, 09:26 AM

Well, I didn't much care how much things cost until about the 70s. Although I remember candy cosing like $.15, and stamps at like $.13(I checked, that is 1975). I only remember gas a bit below a dollar, in the 90+ range. OH, and gas was priced in fractions of a penny, so you might see 95.9 which meant 10 gallons of gas would cost $9.59USD.

It IS odd because when I was a LITTLE kid, I would sometimes go to woolworths for a sunday and a coke. It was nice, and I don't EVER remember having a concern about cost.

MissTerraK,

What SCK said was based on where you were. The phone system as it stands for most from the 70s on came MUCH later than phones, and small towns tended to take the longest to ramp up. When I was a kid, they were STILL talking about exchanges like richmond 9, etc... And I love lucy showed that in the 50s they clearly had party lines.

HECK, I even remember all the 4 prong plug to RJ11 converters, for the phones!

Steve

KimW · 07-30-2010, 09:30 AM

Uh Steve, everywhere I see gas still is priced in the fractions of a penny.

MissTerraK · 07-30-2010, 09:36 AM

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Originally Posted by seasoned

MissTerraK,

What SCK said was based on where you were. The phone system as it stands for most from the 70s on came MUCH later than phones, and small towns tended to take the longest to ramp up. When I was a kid, they were STILL talking about exchanges like richmond 9, etc... And I love lucy showed that in the 50s they clearly had party lines.

HECK, I even remember all the 4 prong plug to RJ11 converters, for the phones!

Steve

That explains it! I remember party lines from watching television like the Beverly Hillbillies, and thought it would be cool to have one just so I could listen to some other people's conversations, I was a curious little kid!

But I wasn't in existence in the 1950's. I wasn't born until the 60's.

Terra

seasoned · 07-30-2010, 09:45 AM

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Originally Posted by MissTerraK

That explains it! I remember party lines from watching television like the Beverly Hillbillies, and thought it would be cool to have one just so I could listen to some other people's conversations, I was a curious little kid!

But I wasn't in existence in the 1950's. I wasn't born until the 60's.

Terra

Same here BUT, as I recall, they WERE around in the 60s also. Just not in a lot of big areas, etc... Like I said, the stuff came LATE! All the little niceties we have now weren't all that popular, etc.. until the 70s.

So I may not have had the party lines, but shows/commercials made it clear some parts of my area weren't automated, we had the 4 prong jacks, and PULSE(dial)! For a while, as I recall, you had to pay EXTRA for DTMF(aka TONE/PUSHBUTTON). Even in the 90s, and perhaps now, they were making pushbutton phones that could put out pulses if your lines didn't support DTMF.

HEY, LOOK AT THIS! AMAZON STILL SELLS those 4 prong to rj11 edapters!

Amazon.com: Leviton C0246-I 4-Prong To Modular... I never knew WHY the 4 prong plugs were so HUGE, etc, could someone explain THAT to me?

Steve

KimW · 07-30-2010, 10:15 AM

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Originally Posted by MissTerraK

.............
But I wasn't in existence in the 1950's. I wasn't born until the 60's.

Terra

I hear a song coming!

After all, *I* and a lot of others here were born in the 50s.

YouTube - Born in the Fifties by The Police

ministerof · 07-30-2010, 10:57 AM

2 INR for a big pack of GATHIYAS ( it is a GUJARATI ITEM ( INDIA ) ) .. which now costs 10 INR + !

Prices are going very high ...

Steven Carl Kelly · 07-30-2010, 12:05 PM

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Originally Posted by MissTerraK

That explains it! I remember party lines from watching television like the Beverly Hillbillies, and thought it would be cool to have one just so I could listen to some other people's conversations, I was a curious little kid!

But I wasn't in existence in the 1950's. I wasn't born until the 60's.

I wasn't born until the 1960's, either. We had a party line at my house until I was at least ten years old.

HeySal · 07-30-2010, 12:15 PM

We lived in the country when I was a kid so we had a party line until we moved to a subdivision in the early mid 60's. It was a pain in the butt, but we had a rotary dial so were state of the art!

My mom used to spring a buck fifty on me for lunch once a week at the local restaurant when I was in grade school. I had salad, fries, and a pork chop.

mattlaclear · 07-30-2010, 12:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Kurt

However, as I get older I'm starting to appreciate Mrs. Howell's assets a lot more.

Oh yeah Mrs. Howell for sure. I hat the hots for her even when I was a teenager watching Gilligans island. But then again I had the hots for just about any woman I laid my eyes on back then.

MissTerraK · 07-30-2010, 01:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Steven Carl Kelly

I wasn't born until the 1960's, either. We had a party line at my house until I was at least ten years old.

Dang! I certainly missed out on a lot of fun then.

Terra

MissTerraK · 07-30-2010, 01:13 PM

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Originally Posted by mattlaclear

Oh yeah Mrs. Howell for sure. I hat the hots for her even when I was a teenager watching Gilligans island. But then again I had the hots for just about any woman I laid my eyes on back then.

Psst! Matt I think he was referring to her "financial" assets!

At least I hope so!

Terra

Kurt · 07-30-2010, 03:59 PM

And another thing... A medium drink used to be a medium, not a small.

When did sizes become:
medium large extra large?

Medium IS small. I don't want to say "large" when I want a "medium". You're really not fooling us.

sarahberra · 07-30-2010, 05:14 PM

I don't drink coke, but my husband does and he says you can get cheap soday for 25-50 cents per can in some machines.

Peter Rush · 08-01-2010, 01:58 AM

In the 1950s, my mother managed to feed a family of 6, with 3 growing boys and a daughter, for $40 a week food budget--and it was delivered by Grand Union.

And at summer camp in the mid-1950s, I'm pretty sure candy bars were 5 cents, as I believe we each were given 10 cents a day to buy candy after lunch, before the rest hour in our tents before the afternoon activities, and we could always get 2 bars for that 10 cents.

Also, I'd be willing to bet that the 5 cent coke was for a 7-oz bottle, not a 12 oz. one. I don't believe 12 oz bottles existed back at the time the 5 cent price was current. I could be wrong, but I sure remember in the 1960s the 7 oz bottles that you'd find in vending machines.

Steven Carl Kelly · 08-01-2010, 02:18 AM

When my mom was young, her father used to get paid $40 a week at work, and they paid him with two $20 gold coins. I wonder what they might be worth today if he had stashed a few of those away...

jlxsolutions · 08-01-2010, 02:26 AM

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Originally Posted by MissTerraK

I don't know where you all grew up at, but back when I was a kid, every thing was pretty much free, I mean it only took a little pout and one tear to drop from one of my lil brown eyes and Daddy broke down!

Whatever I wanted, it was mine and free to me anyway!

Terra

Sorry but that reminded me of this
(ok orginial version might be better but i,m a WoW palyer lol)

YouTube - World of warcraft: Hot Dumb Blondes

2stace · 08-01-2010, 03:10 AM

This is the most interesting forum thread I've ever come across. I wish stuff was this cheap and our wages were the same as they are today. (ha ha)

I would be silly-happy on sugar if I could get chocolate bars for 5 cents.

seasoned · 08-01-2010, 07:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Steven Carl Kelly

When my mom was young, her father used to get paid $40 a week at work, and they paid him with two $20 gold coins. I wonder what they might be worth today if he had stashed a few of those away...

In 2007, an MS63 coin was worth about $900! Apparently, they have .9675 oz of gold, so TODAY'S ****BASE**** price would be $1215.99USD! The reason why I say BASE is because it is likely that the coin is worth MORE than that, because it is a collectors item. But if someone offered you less than $1215.99 you could safely just laugh in their face, because that is just the value of the gold in the piece! That's inflation for you! BTW to put this in perspective, in 1933, gold was CONFISCATED! They tried to make it look legit by buying the gold, which they couldn't do because of the way the economy works, etc... so they set a value of $35/oz. SO, at the time, the value of those coins was $33.86! Of course, the US probably only paid $20 for THEM! 8-(

Steve

MissTerraK · 08-01-2010, 09:18 AM

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Originally Posted by jlxsolutions

Sorry but that reminded me of this
(ok orginial version might be better but i,m a WoW palyer lol)

YouTube - World of warcraft: Hot Dumb Blondes

I would venture to say that not only are you a big WOW player, but that you are addicted to it and look for any reason to display portions of it!

Let me explain:
#1 - I'm not a blond
#2 - I'm not dumb, I'm college educated
#3 - I was just a child, for crying out loud
#4 - I'm not a cartoon
#5 - Sex appeal was not used with my Dad, ewww, gross!

There are many more differences as well, but you get the picture!

I can understand your love for WOW though because I feel the same way about the color pink!

Terra

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07-30-2010, 03:59 PM	#93
Kurt Boom Boom Boom Boom! War Room Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Rocky Mountain High Country Posts: 5,594 Thanks: 833 Thanked 2,535 Times in 1,392 Posts Social Networking	Re: I remember when a coke was only 5¢ And another thing... A medium drink used to be a medium, not a small. When did sizes become: medium large extra large? Medium IS small. I don't want to say "large" when I want a "medium". You're really not fooling us.
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07-30-2010, 05:14 PM	#94
sarahberra HyperActive Warrior Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 435 Thanks: 3 Thanked 41 Times in 38 Posts	Re: I remember when a coke was only 5¢ I don't drink coke, but my husband does and he says you can get cheap soday for 25-50 cents per can in some machines.
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08-01-2010, 01:58 AM	#95
Peter Rush Warrior Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Leesburg, VA Posts: 3 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: I remember what my mother paid weekly to feed a family of 6 In the 1950s, my mother managed to feed a family of 6, with 3 growing boys and a daughter, for $40 a week food budget--and it was delivered by Grand Union. And at summer camp in the mid-1950s, I'm pretty sure candy bars were 5 cents, as I believe we each were given 10 cents a day to buy candy after lunch, before the rest hour in our tents before the afternoon activities, and we could always get 2 bars for that 10 cents. Also, I'd be willing to bet that the 5 cent coke was for a 7-oz bottle, not a 12 oz. one. I don't believe 12 oz bottles existed back at the time the 5 cent price was current. I could be wrong, but I sure remember in the 1960s the 7 oz bottles that you'd find in vending machines.

08-01-2010, 02:18 AM	#96
Steven Carl Kelly Trust Christ Alone War Room Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Central Florida Posts: 3,014 Thanks: 63 Thanked 806 Times in 391 Posts	Re: I remember when a coke was only 5¢ When my mom was young, her father used to get paid $40 a week at work, and they paid him with two $20 gold coins. I wonder what they might be worth today if he had stashed a few of those away...
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08-01-2010, 03:10 AM	#98
2stace Princess Warrior Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 62 Thanks: 6 Thanked 3 Times in 2 Posts Social Networking	Re: I remember when a coke was only 5¢ This is the most interesting forum thread I've ever come across. I wish stuff was this cheap and our wages were the same as they are today. (ha ha) I would be silly-happy on sugar if I could get chocolate bars for 5 cents.
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